Japan
33 authors
Kōbō Abe
Japanese· 1924–1993
Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Japanese· 1892–1927
Matsuo Bashō
Early Modern Japanese· 1644–1694
Kamo no Chōmei
Classical Japanese· 1153/1155–1216
Osamu Dazai
Japanese· 1909–1948
Shūsaku Endō
Japanese· 1923–1996
Sakutarō Hagiwara
Japanese· 1886–1942
Junji Ito
Japanese· b. 1963
Kan'ami Kiyotsugu
Classical Japanese· 1333–1384
Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese· 1899–1972
Mieko Kawakami
Japanese· b. 1976
Kenkō
Classical Japanese· 1283–1350
Yukio Mishima
Japanese· 1925–1970
Zeami Motokiyo
Classical Japanese· c. 1363 - c. 1443
Haruki Murakami
Japanese· b. 1949
Murasaki Shikibu
Classical Japanese· 973–1020
Sayaka Murata
Japanese· b. 1979
Tsutomu Nihei
Japanese· b. 1971
Aya Nishitani
Japanese· b. 1955
Kenzaburō Ōe
Japanese· 1935–2023
Yōko Ogawa
Japanese· b. 1962
Fuyumi Ono
Japanese· b. 1960
Katsuhiro Otomo
Japanese· b. 1954
Hiroko Oyamada
Japanese· born 1983
Lady Sarashina (Takasue's daughter)
Japanese· c. 1008–c. 1058
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japanese· 1931–2024
Sei Shōnagon
Classical Japanese· 966–1015
Natsume Sōseki
Japanese· 1867–1916
Yoko Tawada
Japanese, German· b. 1960
Emi Yagi
Japanese· b. 1988
Satoshi Yagisawa
Japanese· b. 1977
Eiji Yoshikawa
Japanese· 1892–1962
Asako Yuzuki
Japanese· b. 1981